Report: FBI investigating Menendez allegations A team of FBI agents has been conducting an investigation in recent weeks into allegations of prostitution use in the Dominican Republic by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), a report said....

Russian meteor blast had force of 300-kiloton nuclear warhead (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) The meteor that exploded over the Ural Mountains in Russia Friday now appears to have been a small asteroid clearly unrelated to 2012...

On tonight’s episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher chatted with panelists Donna Brazile, Jon Meacham, and Jamie Weinstein about recent attempts by some in the GOP — most notably Karl Rove — to “reign in the wild out-there...

Alleged US cop killer Christopher Dorner died from a single gunshot wound to the head that appeared to be self-inflicted, a coroner said. The doctor who examined the body concluded that “the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the...